Early immunological development and mortality from infectious disease in later life

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-318

  Moore, Sophie E ^a,b   Collinson, Andrew C ^b,c   N'Gom, Pa Tamba ^b,d   Aspinall, Richard ^d   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambia; Immune function; Programming; Thymus; Vaccine response

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VACCINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMBIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFANCY; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; SURVIVAL; THYMUS FUNCTION; VACCINATION; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEASON; THYMUS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INTERLEUKIN-7; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEASONS; THYMUS GLAND; VACCINES;

EID: 33847323111     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2006503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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